The mayoral candidate from the ruling BJP was elected unopposed to the post in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, officials said.
Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta had on Tuesday announced the names of the party’s candidates for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor for the municipal elections in the national capital.
Three councillors are elected unopposed as mayors of the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs) on Wednesday. For the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, only Raja Iqbal (GTB ward) and Archana (Holambi Khurd) from the BJP had filed their nominations respectively.
Both were elected unopposed in a session of the NDMC House held at the Civic Centre here, a senior official said.
The last date to file nominations for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and members of the NDMC panel in the BJP-ruled civic body was June 8. For members of the NDMC panel, Jogi Ram Jain, Vijay Bhagat, both from the BJP, and Rajiv Yadav of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were elected unopposed, the official said.
Besides, BJP's Yogesh Verma had also filed his nomination for the post of member, advisory council of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and was elected unopposed, he added. Election to the above posts were mere formalities during the meeting of the NDMC House since only a nomination each was filed for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor.
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